1940 Vermont Catamounts football team

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1940 Vermont Catamounts football
ConferenceIndependent
1940 record4–4
Head coach
Home stadiumCentennial Field
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Eastern college football independents records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Boston College   –   11 – 0 – 0
Duquesne   –   7 – 1 – 0
No. 14 Penn   –   6 – 1 – 1
Penn State   –   6 – 1 – 1
No. 12 Fordham   –   7 – 2 – 0
No. 15 Cornell   –   6 – 2 – 0
Princeton   –   5 – 2 – 1
Columbia   –   5 – 2 – 2
Brown   –   6 – 3 – 1
Bucknell   –   4 – 2 – 2
Boston University   –   5 – 3 – 0
Colgate   –   5 – 3 – 0
Hofstra   –   4 – 3 – 0
Harvard   –   3 – 2 – 3
Dartmouth   –   5 – 4 – 0
Temple   –   4 – 4 – 1
Tufts   –   4 – 4 – 0
Vermont   –   4 – 4 – 0
Villanova   –   4 – 5 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   3 – 4 – 1
Syracuse   –   3 – 4 – 1
Buffalo   –   3 – 5 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   3 – 5 – 0
Manhattan   –   3 – 6 – 0
NYU   –   2 – 7 – 0
Yale   –   1 – 7 – 0
Army   –   1 – 7 – 1
CCNY   –   1 – 5 – 1
Massachusetts State   –   1 – 8 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940 Vermont Catamounts football team was an American football team that represented the University of Vermont as an independent during the 1940 college football season. In their first year under head coach John C. Evans, the team compiled a 4–4 record.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28Northeastern
W 7–02,500[1]
October 5at Trinity (CT)
L 3–8[2]
October 12Colbydagger
  • Centennial Field
  • Burlington, VT
L 7–10[3]
October 19at Union (NY)
W 19–7[4]
October 26New Hampshire
  • Centennial Field
  • Burlington, VT
W 33–132,000[5]
November 2at RPITroy, NYL 0–12[6]
November 9Norwich
  • Centennial Field
  • Burlington, VT
L 7–38[7]
November 16at Middlebury
W 32–0[8]
  • daggerHomecoming

References[]

  1. ^ "Catamounts open season with 7–0 win over Northeastern". The Burlington Free Press. September 30, 1940. Retrieved June 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Dick Weisenfluth drives Trinity 76 yards in third quarter to beat Vermont, 8–3". The Hartford Courant. November 6, 1940. Retrieved June 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Comeback foiled, U.V.M. gridders prepare for tilt with Union". Burlington Daily News. October 14, 1940. Retrieved June 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Union falls to Vermont eleven, 19–7". Democrat and Chronicle. October 18, 1940. Retrieved June 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Once again Cats upset dope by beating New Hampshire". The Burlington Free Press. October 28, 1940. Retrieved June 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Undefeated RPI trips Vermont by 12–0 margin". Democrat and Chronicle. November 3, 1940. Retrieved June 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Domina leads Norwich to state title". The Barre Daily Times. November 11, 1940. Retrieved June 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Vermont's grand finale is a 32-to-0 victory over Middlebury". The Burlington Free Press. November 18, 1940. Retrieved June 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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